The North American International Auto Show in January inspired the Inquisitive Guest to gaze back to the graceful vehicles of yesteryear.
Bugattis. Duesenbergs. Hispano-Suizas (a favorite of this reporter). To fantasize about owning an elegantly restored classic with a glossy mirror paint job doesn’t cost a dime. But to purchase one and to have the engine purr on demand requires deep pockets indeed.
And if you don’t happen to be gifted with a socket wrench—which, by the way, many A-listers aren’t—you must also hire a trusted mechanic for vigilant maintenance. So for most of us, and supermodel Karolina Kurkova and Her Royal Highness Princess Firyal of Jordan, when it comes to vintage, there really is no DIY.
To find out what classic beauties stir the imaginations of actors, designers, and models, we attended heady events across the country, including the Golden Globes, the Art of Elysium Heaven Gala, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, Fashion Group International’s Night of Stars, and a Dom Pérignon luncheon for the Board of the Princess Grace Foundation. Gentlefolk, start your celebrity engines.
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Ben Affleck
With a touch of gray in his beard, Ben Affleck, attending the National Board of Review awards gala in New York (where he picked up a special-achievement award), had the ’70s on his mind. “I’m not Jay Leno by any means,” the director of Argo said.
“Rather than buy the cars, I get obsessed with them on eBay. And I go through them all the time—I look at the Chevelles, all those great old ’70 muscle cars. I used to have a convertible Malibu. And when we first moved to California, my brother and I bought a ’72 Cadillac Sedan De Ville, which, for sentimental reasons, I still have, in storage. I love those cars, I love that era. That was really my time. Odd, because I really don’t remember any of it. ”
Cadillac De Ville photo courtesy of GM
Michael Kors
On his way to be honored by God’s Love We Deliver at their annual fund-raiser, Michael Kors, who donated $5 million to the cause that night, explained, “I’m not a car guy, but maybe if I were a teenager on Long Island again—a Trans-Am with a big bow on the window.”
Pontiac Trans Am photo courtesy of GM
Sarah Jessica Parker
At Fashion Group International’s Night of Stars I saw actress Sarah Jessica Parker, who had on a colorful ribbon-striped dress by designer L’Wren Scott, whom she was honoring with an award that night. “My son [James Wilkie Broderick] is very, very into muscle cars from the ’70s,” said Parker. “But I’m a fan of Karmann Ghias."
Karmann Ghia photo courtesy of Volkswagen
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